LAWTON, Okla. – UT Tyler rallied from a set down to post a five-set road win over Cameron University, picking up its third Lone Star Conference win and its first within the division with Saturday's 20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11 victory.

Kyana Alvarez led the Patriots' outstanding offensive performance with a career-high 21 kills and a season-high 20 digs, both match-highs, and Kylee Becker added 17 kills with Maiya Peña joining them in double figures with 14 kills without an error in 26 attempts.

Trailing two sets to one, and 11-5 in the fourth set, UT Tyler reeled off seven straight points to start an 18-4 run, claiming the fourth set by a 25-20 margin before finishing off the win with a four-point win in the final set. After that 11-5 deficit in the fourth set, UT Tyler outscored Cameron by a 35-20 margin the rest of the way.

With the win, UT Tyler improves to 8-8 overall and 3-5 in Lone Star Conference play, and the Patriots are now 1-3 in divisional play among a six-team division which includes Cameron, UAFS, A&M-Commerce, Texas Woman's, and Midwestern State. Cameron falls to 5-12 overall, 1-7 in the LSC, and 1-5 within the division.

How It Happened: Both teams put together strong offensive performances, with UT Tyler registering a .303 attack percentage over the course of the five-set match while Cameron finished with a .246 attack percentage. It was the Patriots' second-highest attack percentage in a match this year, and it was the highest in a match longer than three sets, and it was the fifth-highest opponent attack percentage against UT Tyler this year (again the highest in any match longer than three sets).

The Patriots dropped the opening set, 25-20, before tying the match with a 25-21 victory in the second set. UT Tyler scored the first three points of the second set and never trailed. Cameron edged in front again by a set, posting a 25-22 third-set win, but UT Tyler answered again with the impressive 18-4 run, erasing a six-point deficit to force a fifth set with the 25-20 victory in the fourth set.

The Patriots finished off the come-from-behind win with a 15-11 win in the decisive fifth set, jumping out to a 3-0 lead behind kills from Kylee Becker, Maiya Peña, and Becker again. UT Tyler never trailed in the fifth set and took the lead for good when Kyana Alvarez notched her 19th kill of the match to break a 4-4 tie.

By The Numbers: UT Tyler finished with more kills (71-64) and digs (74-60), while Cameron held slight edges in blocks (9-8) and aces (6-5)… The Patriots' 71 kills represented a new season-high… Both teams registered attack percentages of .243 or better in four of the five sets, with both teams hitting below .200 in the fourth set.

UT Tyler Stat Leaders: Kyana Alvarez led a trio of players with double-digit kills, producing a career-high 21 kills along with a season-high 20 digs. Kylee Becker added 17 kills, and Maiya Peña added 14 kills with a .538 attack percentage while leading the Patriots in blocks with 7. Three players also registered double-digit digs, as Savannah Guzman registered 19 digs and Makenna Bartlett added 13 digs to go with Alvarez's match-high 20 digs. Taylor Stoops recorded season-highs in assists (60) and kills (4).

Cameron Stat Leaders: Cameron also had three players reach double figures in kills, led by Walia Franklin's 16-kill effort. Sarah Wright added 14 kills with 11 digs, and Arianna Navarrete added 11 kills for the Aggies. Franklin was Cameron's blocks leader with five, and Peyton Little and Desiree Marmolejo led the Aggies defensively with 17 digs each.

What's Next: UT Tyler hosts a pair of divisional matches next weekend, starting with a Friday night matchup against Midwestern State before the Patriots host Texas Woman's University on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Quotable (UT Tyler head coach Lyndsay Mashe): "In the fourth set, I was just wondering how we were going to figure out to spark a win, and the turning point was our defense, which started playing incredible. Our defense was extremely scrappy, and that ended up making our hitters to go harder, and it was clear that the will and desire to figure out how to win came from our defense."

"This was a really good win as a whole, because everybody figured out ways to contribute. We've been talking about our offense producing more for us, and they really turned it around and figured out how to get rolling. Taylor (Stoops) really helped create opportunities for our offense to score by setting the ball really well."

"We've been struggling with our confidence, and it felt like the fight and the heart we had been lacking to some degree really came out today. Going into someone else's gym and winning in five really showed me that grit, especially when we're a young team which hasn't handled that pressure all that well to this point. This was a big turning point for our team right now, and I'm excited to see how we build on this."